Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

89 reviews

wanderolah's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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2025: 3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism

novelteapixels's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 "And when you take everything from him, you can say what these men say about us: He was asking for it. He was begging for it. He must have wanted it, since he didn’t fight back.” 

Alexa play cell block tango on LOUDEST Volume 
I support women's rights but most importantly women's WRONGS.
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The layers to this horror were written so well and it was highly satisfying to watch them all unfold together. The built up frustration I had towards towards these men towards  Ji-won and Ji-hyuns lives, i felt her anger through these pages. If you love women rage described perfectly in books and racists getting what they deserve (in the worst-best way) definitely recommend giving this book a try!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment

madharpist's review against another edition

4.75

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was cheering at the end of the book! What a ride! Very satisfying!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Medical content, War

chitraindica's review

4.5

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Classism

kaitykriss's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well I didn’t except to like this book and ended up not being able to put it down until I finished. Not for the faint of heart or stomach but this canaballistic horror novel will have you white knuckling your kindle till the bitter end! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Cannibalism

smudgebeeb's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking

essie101's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

imanniz's review against another edition

5.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book fits into the “unhinged woman” genre. The story features the main character, a Korean-American whose father recently left their family due to an affair. The absence of the father affected all of them deeply, especially the mother. To fill in the void, the mother started dating a white man. Meanwhile, the main character struggles with starting university, the broken friendship with her high school friends and the fetishization of Asian women by the students at her university and her mother’s white boyfriend. She begins to descend into an obsession with blue eyes, as her mother’s boyfriend has blue eyes.

The main character’s hyperfixation on blue eyes went up a notch and she begins to commit murders just to obtain blue eyes for her to eat them. The ending is quite clever as the main character pinned the blame of the murders on her friend/stalker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Infidelity

johnny_the_ginger's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

danaslitlist's review against another edition

3.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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need more murder but this was very good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail